[trickyricky]

"No matter how much you disagree with Rudy if he’s the candidate of the party and you sit out the vote,
or vote for a third party candidate, knowing full well he or she can’t win you are
in essence casting a vote for the opposition."

That is a lie that if, God forbid, anyone to the left of Fred Thompson is nominated
we will hear over and over, ad nauseum.

Sometimes you have to pick the side you know is going to lose, just because it's the right thing to do.
If George Washington didn't believe that we'd still be spending pounds and drinking tea.

[jwparkerjr]

Doing the right thing is not the right thing to do if does more harm to your cause than good in the long run.

I am saddened that you would use the word ‘lie’ to describe something another person feels to be true. You can reach your decisions, make up your own mind, explore your own options, but it’s not a lie if they believe what they are saying. A lie is when you voice an untruth with the intent of deceiving someone, of getting something from them that you couldn’t get without the deception.

You do the simple math yourself and see that not voting at all, or splitting the vote of your party has the same effect as voting for the other party. You can disagree with it all you want but that’s the way it is.